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Mexican Hat Utah Map

Explore Mexican Hat, Utah, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Mexican Hat, Utah

How to Use This Mexican Hat, Utah Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mexican Hat, Utah. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Utah or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Mexican Hat.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Mexican Hat
State	Utah (UT)
County	San Juan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	37.174258
Longitude	-109.883578
Population	21
Density	1.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	84531
Area Code	801, 385
County Seat	Monticello
School District	San Juan School District

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About Mexican Hat, Utah

Mexican Hat is a locality in San Juan County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 21. The population density is 1.0 people per km². Mexican Hat is located at 37.1743°N, 109.8836°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 84531.

Mexican Hat anchors itself upon a stark, sun-bleached expanse of high desert where the earth fractures into deep, ochre-colored strata. It lies 95.6 miles west-northwest of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 288°T), and is situated 36.3 miles northeast of Kayenta. The San Juan River carves a serpentine path through this arid terrain, its slow, deliberate current providing the only reprieve from the relentless dry heat that defines the horizon. To the north, the solitary silhouette of The Tabernacle rises like a stone sentinel, watching over the silent, wind-scoured plains. The air here holds a profound, thin clarity, often carrying the scent of parched sage and iron-rich dust, especially as the late afternoon light turns the surrounding bluffs into burning embers of violet and gold.

Mexican Hat retains the quiet, utilitarian character of a place built by those who look toward the earth for their living, whether through the slow extraction of resources or the guidance of those drawn to the rugged wild. Visitors often traverse the nearby Honaker Trail, seeking a vantage point over the rugged geology that leads toward the distant, shadowed depths of the Second Narrows. Life moves in sync with the seasonal temperament of the San Juan River #5, a protected stretch of water that dictates the rhythm of the surrounding desert. There is a singular, unvarnished honesty in the way the local economy persists in such isolation, where the vast, empty silence of the landscape discourages pretense and demands a sturdy, patient existence from everyone who remains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

San Juan River #5 (Wild & Scenic River) — 0.2 mi, 328° NW · 1,876 acres
Bears Ears National Monument (National Monument) — 0.6 mi, 090° E · 1.8M acres
Mexican Hat Rock (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 087° E
Valley Of The Gods Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.5 mi, 016° N
San Juan River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.7 mi, 072° E
San Juan Trading Post (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 151° SE
Goosenecks State Park (State Park) — 2.3 mi, 269° W
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 310° NW · 1.2M acres
Brick Arch (Historic Ruins) — 5.9 mi, 238° SW
Road Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.0 mi, 355° N · 52k acres
Moki Dugway (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 337° NW
Grand Gulch Instant Study Area Complex Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.7 mi, 319° NW · 105k acres
River House Ruin (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 073° E
Brigham Young's Tomb (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 231° SW
Wolfman Panel (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 062° NE
Fallen Roof Ruin (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 002° N
Monument Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 224° SW
Monarch Cave (Historic Ruins) — 18.3 mi, 046° NE
John Taylor (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 067° NE
Thunderbird Mesa (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 212° SW
Gouldings Museum and Trading Post (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 237° SW
Oljeto Trading Post (defunct) (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 248° W
Manti-La Sal National Forest (National Forest) — 27.9 mi, 003° N · 1.3M acres
Natural Bridges National Monument (National Monument) — 28.2 mi, 356° N · 7,551 acres
Dark Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.3 mi, 002° N · 46k acres
Burger King with Navajo Code Talkers exhibit (Museum) — 38.1 mi, 212° SW
Sweat Lodge (Museum) — 38.2 mi, 212° SW
Canyonlands National Park (National Park) — 54.9 mi, 008° N · 334k acres
Claret Cup Amphitheater (Theatre) — 71.7 mi, 081° E
Chapin Amphitheater (Theatre) — 76.7 mi, 089° E

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